underbid

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verb

To bid too low.

Opposite
outbidoverbid
OriginEnglish bid ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

verbunderbid (third-person singular simple present underbids, present participle underbidding, simple past and past participle underbid)

present singular third person underbids · participle present underbidding

  1. To bid too low.
  2. To bid lower than another.
  3. bridgeTo bid less than the full value of a hand of cards.
noununderbid (plural underbids)

plural underbids

  1. A bid that is lower than another.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbid lower than a competing bidder

Opposite
outbid
Broader
offerbidtender

verbbid too low

Opposite
overbid
Broader
offerbidtender

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishbid
  13. Englishunderbid

From under- + bid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Dreibund
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APA

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MLA

“underbid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underbid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbid.

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